Coldspring man charged with game room robbery

Published 8:15 am, Sunday, March 8, 2015

A Coldspring man, 28-year-old Kendrick Rashaud Norman, has been charged with the March 5 robbery of a Shepherd game room.

Norman is accused of entering the Fun Player Game Room at FM 223 and US 59 in Shepherd and stealing an undisclosed amount of cash from a female employee of the business.

The game room clerk was collecting cash from the gaming machines when Norman reportedly entered the business, grabbed the money from her and ran out the door.

The clerk chased after him and latched onto his truck in an effort to prevent him from leaving the scene. He reportedly knocked her off the truck as he was dragging her and sped away.

“The Patrol Tactical Unit, Sheriff [Greg] Caper’s Special Response Group, was working in the vicinity. Deputy CJ Duenas quickly found the suspect and witnessed [him] travelling at a high rate of speed on Loop 424 toward the school zone. Deputy Duenas attempted to stop the eluding suspect,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. “Sergeant E. Roberts was able to cut off the suspect’s escape, causing the suspect to turn into the Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace parking lot, where he stopped short of crashing through the fence. The suspect was taken into custody without incident.”

The clerk suffered minor bumps and bruises and is expected to recover.

Norman was charged with Robbery and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Bond information is not available at this time.